3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (383+ words) Silicon Republic - Do Not Process My Personal Information Front row, from left: Aatish Nayak, Winston Weinberg, John LaBarre; back row, from left: Katie Burke, Jorge Bestard, John Haddock. Image: Nicky Quamina-Woo The company opened a Dublin office earlier this year…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (324+ words) From left: Jeff Wang, Windsurf and Scott Wu, Cognition. Still from Cognition and Windsurf announcement 14 July 2025. Image: Cognition The latest funding nearly doubles the company’s $26bn May valuation. AI start-up Cognition has raised more than $2bn for a $48bn valuation led by investors…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (321+ words) From left: Jeff Wang, Windsurf and Scott Wu, Cognition. Still from Cognition and Windsurf announcement 14 July 2025. Image: Cognition The latest raise nearly doubles the company’s $26bn May valuation. AI start-up Cognition has raised more than $2bn for a $48bn valuation led by investors…...

6+ day, 44+ min ago   (596+ words) Europe’s Quantum Moment: From Lab to Leadership. Image: Quantum Flagship EU Quantum Act policy expected by the end of this year. European policymakers, business personalities and investors gathered at the European Parliament last week for a high-level discussion about the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (334+ words) The fund is founded and backed by German intralogistics company Jungheinrich. Germany’s Uplift Ventures has launched its inaugural €100m fund to back deep-tech start-ups in Europe and the US. The fund is backed by German intralogistics company Jungheinrich, which founded the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (394+ words) From left: James Murphy; Tomas Chester; Adam Taylor; and Jake O’Brien. Image: Paul Sharp/Sharppix) Setanta has also been accepted into ESA BIC Ireland, a two-year business incubation programme for space-related Irish start-ups. Irish space-tech Setanta Space Systems is seeking…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (557+ words) The UK treasury department, London. Image: © Alex Segre/Stock.adobe.com The £100m R&D procurement scheme competition is backed by the country’s Sovereign AI investment fund. The UK government is opening a competition with a funding pool of £100m to AI…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (363+ words) Head of Newcode in Ireland Donna O'Leary. Image: Mark Maxwell Norwegian legal-tech start-up Newcode has increased its total funding to €17m through a Series A funding round led by OnDean Forward, with participation from The LegalTech Fund alongside Antiportfolio Ventures, Relativity…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (321+ words) From left: Jascha Achterberg and Danyal Akarca. Image: Linda Brownlee. The company aims to lower AI costs by attaching each task to the model and hardware that best suits it. Callosum, a UK-founded AI start-up that develops software to match…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (354+ words) Stripe YSTE 2027 is open for applications. Image: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile The fintech title sponsor has raised its prize pool and travel support for schools, and announced a mentorship programme for top projects. The 2027 Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (YSTE) is now…...